(I Am Not George) wrote:
Dr.X wrote:
lol be prepared steve they are going to attack you and call you gay
for telling the truth


Why would 'they' attack him for speaking the truth?

-Dr.X (wondering who 'they' are)

wait til Twisty comes back he will go on the rampage to defend cbers
using 10 meter radios


I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

that is unless he got his nuts blown off by the huricaine

You're an asshole.

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"Steveo" wrote in message
...
(I Am Not George) wrote:
Dr.X wrote:
lol be prepared steve they are going to attack you and call you gay
for telling the truth


Why would 'they' attack him for speaking the truth?

-Dr.X (wondering who 'they' are)

wait til Twisty comes back he will go on the rampage to defend cbers
using 10 meter radios


I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

I use an HR2600 on CB in my truck. I love it!

that is unless he got his nuts blown off by the huricaine

You're an asshole.

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"Dr.X" Dr.X@null wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
(I Am Not George) wrote:
Dr.X wrote:
lol be prepared steve they are going to attack you and call you
gay for telling the truth


Why would 'they' attack him for speaking the truth?

-Dr.X (wondering who 'they' are)

wait til Twisty comes back he will go on the rampage to defend cbers
using 10 meter radios


I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

I use an HR2600 on CB in my truck. I love it!

Braggart!

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"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Dr.X" Dr.X@null wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
(I Am Not George) wrote:
Dr.X wrote:
lol be prepared steve they are going to attack you and call you
gay for telling the truth


Why would 'they' attack him for speaking the truth?

-Dr.X (wondering who 'they' are)

wait til Twisty comes back he will go on the rampage to defend cbers
using 10 meter radios


I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

I use an HR2600 on CB in my truck. I love it!

Braggart!

I can't really brag until I get that chipswitch. Then I'll be all smiles :-)
:-) :-) :-)

-Dr.X

On 16 Aug 2004 13:30:18 GMT, Steveo wrote:

I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

I use an HR2600 on CB in my truck. I love it!

Braggart!

I'm using an Icom IC-706MKII and a 102" steel whip in my car. It works
great. It's a bit of an overkill, but it does everything I want, and it's built
like a ....... Beats the crap out of everything else I've owned. I'm not
bragging - really. I just got tired of the problems and limitations of my
previous converted radios and got serious. There are lots of them available used
and cheap. I've seen them as low as $300 used and for less than $800 new. You
have to exercise restraint though. Transmit on the ham bands any they will come
looking for you. Fake calls signs don't work as 99% (well, it's most likely
less, but you get the idea) of the hams check online to see if it's legit. It's
not the FCC you have to worry about most of the time. Stay off the ham bands and
they pretty much leave you alone.

Steve

Steve wrote:
On 16 Aug 2004 13:30:18 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

I use an HR2600 on CB in my truck. I love it!

Braggart!

I'm using an Icom IC-706MKII and a 102" steel whip in my car. It
works great. It's a bit of an overkill, but it does everything I want,
and it's built like a ....... Beats the crap out of everything else I've
owned. I'm not bragging - really. I just got tired of the problems and
limitations of my previous converted radios and got serious. There are
lots of them available used and cheap. I've seen them as low as $300 used
and for less than $800 new. You have to exercise restraint though.
Transmit on the ham bands any they will come looking for you. Fake calls
signs don't work as 99% (well, it's most likely less, but you get the
idea) of the hams check online to see if it's legit. It's not the FCC you
have to worry about most of the time. Stay off the ham bands and they
pretty much leave you alone.

Steve

A real good point, Steve. Stay the hell out of the 10 meter band. I
use an old S-Line Collins in the house, SSB only..sweet audio.

I have a 102" whip also, but I hate the tree pruning it does so
I put a Wilson 1000 right in the middle of the roof of my truck.

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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:38:30 GMT, Steve wrote:

On 16 Aug 2004 13:30:18 GMT, Steveo wrote:

I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

I use an HR2600 on CB in my truck. I love it!

Braggart!

I'm using an Icom IC-706MKII and a 102" steel whip in my car. It works
great. It's a bit of an overkill, but it does everything I want, and it's built
like a ....... Beats the crap out of everything else I've owned. I'm not
bragging - really. I just got tired of the problems and limitations of my
previous converted radios and got serious.

I also run an ICOM 706 (the older MK1) in the mobile. I'm not
especially happy with the performance though. For one thing the
squelch is not a true FM noise gate type of squelch, and it pops open
on the slightest static or hash noise on FM. The other major sore spot
is the noise blanker. For some reason the fine folks at Icom cannot
make a noise blanker which works effectively on all modes. On SSB it
works so-so. On AM and FM it does absolutely nothing. I'd hate to have
to use this rig on CB, as the noise and hash are far worse than on my
old Uniden radio.

I also have a 706 on the base. Without the noise issues of a mobile,
it's a far better performing radio.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:28:49 -0400, Dave Hall wrote:

I also run an ICOM 706 (the older MK1) in the mobile. I'm not
especially happy with the performance though. For one thing the
squelch is not a true FM noise gate type of squelch, and it pops open
on the slightest static or hash noise on FM. The other major sore spot
is the noise blanker. For some reason the fine folks at Icom cannot
make a noise blanker which works effectively on all modes. On SSB it
works so-so. On AM and FM it does absolutely nothing. I'd hate to have
to use this rig on CB, as the noise and hash are far worse than on my
old Uniden radio.

I also have a 706 on the base. Without the noise issues of a mobile,
it's a far better performing radio.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

They might have fixed those problems with the newer generations - MKII
and MKIIg because I don't have any complaints about mine. Funny about the noise
blanker, I notice a big difference with it on mine. The squelch is a little
funny and hard to get used to with it being the RF gain control in some modes,
and squelch in others. That is weird.

Do you have any filters in it? I have SSB and CW filters installed and
the SSB filter works wonders and combined with the IF shift, you can do some
amazing things with it. I've been able to isolate one person out of a virtual
zoo fest at times using the combination of the two. Yup, I'm really happy with
mine. I know that Icom made a lot of changes to the 706MKII that resolved a lot
of issues with the first one. And the price has plummeted too. I paid over $1300
for mine brand new, and now you can get the MKIIg with a DSP and 440MHz for less
than $800 without the filters or speech module. That's one hell of a price drop.
I've been kicking myself in the ass a long time over that!

Steve

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:27:50 GMT, Steve wrote:

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:28:49 -0400, Dave Hall wrote:

I also run an ICOM 706 (the older MK1) in the mobile. I'm not
especially happy with the performance though. For one thing the
squelch is not a true FM noise gate type of squelch, and it pops open
on the slightest static or hash noise on FM. The other major sore spot
is the noise blanker. For some reason the fine folks at Icom cannot
make a noise blanker which works effectively on all modes. On SSB it
works so-so. On AM and FM it does absolutely nothing. I'd hate to have
to use this rig on CB, as the noise and hash are far worse than on my
old Uniden radio.

I also have a 706 on the base. Without the noise issues of a mobile,
it's a far better performing radio.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

They might have fixed those problems with the newer generations - MKII
and MKIIg because I don't have any complaints about mine. Funny about the noise
blanker, I notice a big difference with it on mine. The squelch is a little
funny and hard to get used to with it being the RF gain control in some modes,
and squelch in others. That is weird.

It's just an effect of trying to "multi-task" many functions in a
small radio.


Do you have any filters in it?

Just the standard ones in the mobile. The base unit has the 1.9 Khz
narrow SSB filter.

I have SSB and CW filters installed and
the SSB filter works wonders and combined with the IF shift, you can do some
amazing things with it.

But these are only effective on SSB. SSB performance on my rig is
acceptable. It's AM and FM which fall far short. Not that I use AM all
that much in the mobile, but other people might be considering one of
these radios to use on CB and it's probably not the best choice if you
use AM primarily.



I've been able to isolate one person out of a virtual
zoo fest at times using the combination of the two. Yup, I'm really happy with
mine. I know that Icom made a lot of changes to the 706MKII that resolved a lot
of issues with the first one. And the price has plummeted too. I paid over $1300
for mine brand new, and now you can get the MKIIg with a DSP and 440MHz for less
than $800 without the filters or speech module. That's one hell of a price drop.
I've been kicking myself in the ass a long time over that!

Yep. The prices of the MK-1's came way down too. $400 buys a lot of
radio in this package.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

"Steve" wrote in message
...
On 16 Aug 2004 13:30:18 GMT, Steveo wrote:

I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

I use an HR2600 on CB in my truck. I love it!

Braggart!

I'm using an Icom IC-706MKII and a 102" steel whip in my car. It works
great. It's a bit of an overkill, but it does everything I want, and it's
built
like a ....... Beats the crap out of everything else I've owned. I'm not
bragging - really. I just got tired of the problems and limitations of my
previous converted radios and got serious. There are lots of them
available used
and cheap. I've seen them as low as $300 used and for less than $800 new.
You
have to exercise restraint though. Transmit on the ham bands any they will
come
looking for you. Fake calls signs don't work as 99% (well, it's most
likely
less, but you get the idea) of the hams check online to see if it's legit.
It's
not the FCC you have to worry about most of the time. Stay off the ham
bands and
they pretty much leave you alone.

Steve


Braggart!

-Dr.X